Saturday, January 12, 2013

Enable SSL in Yahoo Web Mail

Enable SSL in Yahoo Web Mail

So, what is
SSL?

SSL (Secure
Socket Layer) is the protocol that provides security in internet communication.
Whenever you try to connect a website using SSL, it creates a encrypted link
between you and your web server.

Recently
yahoo added an option to enable SSL in their web mail (yeah.. recently! Until now
they don’t have a default SSL option in their web mail). but unlike other major
Web mail services like Gmail and Hotmail, the https option is not enabled by
default in Yahoo.

To enable SSL just follow the steps.

1)Logon to Yahoo Mail account on your
favorite Web browser.

2)Hover mouse pointer on the settings
option in the upper right corner,

and select “mail options”

3) In the options tab under advanced
settings, select the check box

“Turn on SSL”.

4) A warning will be displayed, click on
OK.

5) Now click on save.

That’s it.
now your mail account will be reloaded once and you can notice your web page address is started with https.